The future of Bryant Park Grill in doubt after the iconic eater of the judge’s boots in favor of the famous chef

The increasingly toxic struggle to control the popular Bryant Park grill is leaving a bitter taste for hungry visitors to the Midtown iconic Oasis.

Non-profit corporation Bryant Park (BPC), which manages the park, but the bow restaurant boot of the long grill operator in favor of the famous world chefs Jean-Georges vongerichten. But the cash register owner Michael Weinstein says he would rest from the closed glass dinner and two small outdoor cafes distribute their rental rents this month after he suppresses a court case seeking to decide the decision.

Weinstein told the post that he does not intend to close its grill and its satellites as “as long as we are in litigation.”

Weinstein ran for 30 years. He is sued the Park Corporation, the Vongerichten Seaport Entertainment Group, Department of Parks, which has the last word on an operator, and the New York Public Library, whose main building removes the Grill space and has an advisory saying.

His registration of the Supreme State Court says the corporate “flawed” selection process was created to elect Vongerichten from abroad and that BPC President Daniel Biederman sought to run the park as his “personal domain”.

But in rejecting the special request of the cash register for an order to block his overthrow last week, Judge Anar Rathod Patel is essentially called Hark and Weinstein injured, saying: “Only dissatisfaction with a competitive result is not bad confidence.”

Following Patel’s decision, “the park intends to exercise its right to process in an expulsion of” the bow from the site, Biederman said.

Bryant Park Grill, at the eastern end of the park, has 4,900 square meters inside and almost as much space on the roof for Alfresco. One of the country’s high volume restaurants with $ 25 million annual income.

The BPC issued a request for proposals to take over the leases and small cafes last year, ahead of their expirations this spring.

Eleven possible operators submitted proposals. The corporation chose Seaport Entertainment Group (SEG) because it believes that Michelin-star, internationally renowned, would bring greater prestige and greater income to the park over time, though Seg would pay less rental than paying Ark.

Seg’s proposal “represents the best combination of operational records, financial force and creative talent in the field of food and design,” Biederman told the Community Board 5.

According to the Arku Court’s appearance, the Vongerichten team may need to close the grill for 10 months or longer for a redesign – in which the BPC would contribute $ 2 million, which the Ark called “improper” as not to be offered any of the other applications.

But no closure is close. Biederman told The Post, “Weinstein is attracting a wide variety of legal movements to stay more of his rent, so he will surely stay there for spring and maybe the summer months.”